Legislation – Immigration Act 2016
Changes to legislation:
Immigration Act 2016, Section 24 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 April 2026. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 24:
- s. 14–30 omitted by 2025 c. 36 Sch. 10 para. 87(f)
- s. 69(9)(d) and word inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 21(2)(b)
- Sch. 10 para. 3(2)(eza) inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 13(3)(a)
- Sch. 10 para. 3(3A)–(3C) inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 13(3)(b)
- Sch. 10 para. 3A and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 13(4)
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.I. 2017/1241, Sch. by S.I. 2018/31 reg. 2
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 69(9)(d) and word inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 21(2)(b)
- Sch. 10 para. 3(2)(eza) inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 13(3)(a)
- Sch. 10 para. 3(3A)–(3C) inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 13(3)(b)
- Sch. 10 para. 3A and cross-heading inserted by 2023 c. 37 s. 13(4)
PART 1Labour market and illegal working
CHAPTER 1Labour market
Labour market enforcement orders
24Appeals
(1)
A respondent may appeal against—
(a)
the making of an LME order under section 18;
(b)
the making of, or refusal to make, an order under section 23.
(2)
An appeal under subsection (1) is to be made—
(a)
where the order was made or refused by a magistrates’ court in England and Wales, to the Crown Court;
(b)
where the order was made or refused by the sheriff, to the Sheriff Appeal Court;
(c)
where the order was made or refused by a court of summary jurisdiction in Northern Ireland, to a county court.
(3)
On an appeal under subsection (1) the court hearing the appeal may make such orders as may be necessary to give effect to its determination of the appeal, and may also make such incidental or consequential orders as appear to it to be just and reasonable.
(4)
An LME order that has been varied by virtue of subsection (3) remains an order of the court that first made it for the purposes of section 23.
(5)
A respondent may appeal against the making of an LME order under section 20 as if the order were a sentence passed on the respondent for the trigger offence.